Remember that film, "Contagion"? Isn't it amusing to observe how much of the thinking and action of the media/expert (those who appear in it regularly) conglomerate can be traced to it, including blind and unwavering trust in the innate goodness of scientists and danger of stepping out of rules and lines prescribed by them. Sure, the danger of combination of irresponsible belief in own truth with social media is real and cannot be exaggerated; as ever much of the population hears that it would like to hear, that is, quick and easy solution that wouldn't burden expensive thinking mind too much, distracting it from daily business. But isn't there another risk too - that of not responsible, that is, forgetting the practice of accountability and responsibility presumably, goodness of authority guided by, as claimed, science? Forgetting because never required and even asked, so there isn't even a need to think of and give meaningful answers.
What is the risk versus benefit of vaccination for healthy young children? Why there's so much pumping of the vaccination drive in the media but no clear answers? What are possible benefits to the community, how are they explained and justified? None. Silence.
Irresponsible broadcasting of a false panacea can be dangerous. The problem is not who to trust blindly, a self-professed guru or an entitled bureaucrat of health science long out of the practice and mindset of accountability. The problem is blind trust it self. And certainly, as experience shows again and again it can be painful and expensive to a society that does not value and maintain the standard of accountability and critical quesitoning.